Temporary binder.



L. M. MORDEN. TEMPORARY BINDER.

APPLIOATION FILED JAE. 29, 1907. ngnwgn JAN. so, 1908.

908,596; Patented Jan. 5, 1909.

LUOENA M. MORDEN, OF WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT.

TEMPORARY BINDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Ian. 5, 1908.

Application filed January 29, 1907, Serial No. 354,692. Renewed January 30, 1908. Serial No. 418,468.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LUCENA M. MoRnEN, a citizen of the United States, of 59 Grand street, Waterbury, county of New Haven, and State-of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Im rovements in Temporary Binders, fully escribed and represented in the following specification and the accompanying drawings, forming a part of means of a tongue or other longitudinally extending fastening means for securing the' rings transversely. The rings are preferably made detachable from the back so as to be removed if desired, to retain the leaves to gether apart from the binder, other rings then being inserted in the back of the binder to retain other leaves in the binder.

. The connection of each ring with the hack of the binder by a single tongue or other lon gitudinal fastening permits the leaves to be parted at any point and laid fiat upon the adacent covers, and the detachabllity of the rings permits the capacity of the binder to be increased from time to time by removing rings of any given size and inserting larger rings when desired.

The tongue may be made of the same material as the back, as cloth and pasteboard,

or it may be made of metal and attached to the back in any convenient manner, or the rin may be secured transversely in the back by ongitudinal stitches or wire staples; and as the function of the fastenings is solely to hold a series of rings upon the back of the binder, the fastening tongue may extend the whole length of the back, as shown in part of the drawings, or consist of separate sections projected from the back at intervals to furnish a perforation for a sin le ring.

The 1I1V6I1tl0I1Will be un erstood b reference to the annexed drawin in whic Figure 1 is a perspective view of the binder opened, without any papers therein; Fig. 2 represents a flexible back binder closed, with a uantity of apers upon the file rings; Fig. 3 hows a bin er with the covers and leaves folded backto show the degree to which the can be opened to insert the parts can be laid flat, when using it upon a desk or table; Fig. 4 is an end view of a binder with double joint-strips for the covers, adapting them to close upon large or small rings, the smaller ring being indicated by a dotted circle. Fig. 5 shows an alternative construction for the tongue made of a wire bent with loops or openings at intervals.

0 designates two covers which are connected together by one or more joint-stri s b, which are hinged to one another and to t e covers by a flexible cloth or leather covering 0. i portion of such flexible covering is shown in Figs. 1, 3, and 4, extended longitudinally from the junction of the jointstrips, forming a central tongue or strip (1 which is stiffened by an internal strip of millboard or other material d, and has perforations e in which the rings f are fitted. In some cases, when the perforations or openings e are of sufficient size, it will be observed that the rings are movable or shiftable in a circular path, so that the rings could be shifted toward one or another section of leaves if desired.

' Any class of ring may be used by which perforated leaves can be secured to the tongue, sectional rings being indicated in Fig. 1 of the drawing, having a section, as f which perforated leaves, and also permitting the rin s to be held detachably upon the'ton ue so as to be exchanged .for rings of erent size, when desired.

Fig. 3 shows the covers of Fig. 1 folded back upon one another, with leaves 9 upon the ring arted and folded in like manner above an beneath the covers so that the whole is adapted to lie flat upon the table. Sections or portions of the tongue or strip shown' in Fig.1 would suffice to hold the two rings upon the back without the necessity of this strlp extending the whole length of the same, and therefore in some constructions it would not be necessary to have such strip or fastening extend the entire length of the back.

In Fig. 2, I have therefore shown the back formed with a single joint-strip b with the covers hinged to its edges, and each ring attached thereto bya separate loop 0 1 staple, e, which does not differ in appearance 1n this end view from the tongue (1 shown in the receding figures. Fig. 4 shows the back ormed w th two joint strips b and I), thus adaptlng the covers to close upon a large ring f, as indicated by dotted lines extending from the edges of the outer strips 1), or upon a smaller ring f, as shown by dotted lines extended from the outer edges of the strips b.

5 This figure shows the covers opened hat strips in the back of the cover, the back may be wholly flexible to adapt the covers for folding upon rings of any size. Fig. 5 shows such a back I) formed wholly of flexible material with a metal tongue extended longitudinally upon the same and formed of a wire bent at intervals into loops (1 which form perforations to receive the rings f.

The wire is shown secured to the back by 00 s and are fitted over the body of the wire an secured to the back at each side of the wire. It is obvious that ortions of such wire embracing each a sing e loop could be secured upon the back in the same manner as the entlre wire, to hold the separate rings in the same positions.

Instead of a jointed opening section like that on the ring shown in Fig; 1 the rings f are formed each with an inclined out f through which the edges of the perforated leaves may be successively inserted and removed. Rings thus constructed are 'not detachable from the ton e, but the leaves can be detached when ed and replaced with others. 1 Heretofore, temporary binders have been which perforated sheets can be secured; but in such case the two tongues prevent the papers from separating from one another at the base when opened, and from lying flat upon the covers, as when one tongue is used, and as illustrated in Fig. 3.

In the present invention, the rings are a substitute for the two tongues as a means of supporting the being parted an turned over to he upon the opposite covers; and the single tongue which is shown herein therefore performs an en- 'tirely different function from the two tongues referred to, which are the direct and only means of securing the leaves to the back of the binder.

The tongue in the present invention serves only for supporting the rings upon the back of the cover.

65 Detachable rings serve in this 'construc covers when opened. ieces of cloth or leather h which clear the made with two tongues in the back between apers, and permit of their.

tion not only to secure the leaves within the binder, but also, when desired, as a means of permanently retaining the apers together when removed from the bin er.

The word tongue is used herein to embrace any longitudinal projection or fixture upon the back having a transverse perforation to admit the ring and hold it transversely upon the back.

Having thus'set forth the nature of the invention what is claimed herein is:

1. In a temporary binder, the combination, with two covers, of a back jointed thereto and provided with a longitudinal tongue, and rings secured transversely to the tongue'to retain the leaves upon the back with freedom to part the same to lie flat upon the opposite covers when opened.

2. In a temporary binder, the combination, with two covers, of a back jointed thereto and provided with a longitudinaltongue having transverse perforations, and rings secured in such transverse perforations to retain leaves upon the back, with freedom to part the same to lie flat upon the opposite 3. In a temporary binder, the combination, with two covers, of a flexible back permitting of expansion and contraction and provided with'a longitudinal tongue having transverse perforations, and rings secured in such transverse perforations to retain leaves upon the back, with freedom to part the same to lie flat upon the opposite covers when opened.

4. In a temporary binder, the combination, with two covers, of a back formed of a plurality of joint-strips flexibly connected to the back and to one another, a tongue secured to the back and formed with perfora- 5 tions 2, and rings held detachably in such perforations the exible back adapting the covers to fold close upon rings of different slzes.

. 5. Ina temporary binder, the combina- 11 tion, with two covers, of a back jointed thereto and provided with a longitudinal tongue having transverse perforations, and rings f secured in such perforations and provided with opening sections ffor securing 11s perforated leaves and holding them removably between the covers.

6'. In a temporary binder, the combinanation, with two covers, of a back formed of straight stri s with flexible covering material forming iinges thereto, a ortion of such material being projected to f drm a longitudinal tongue with perforations, and rings held in such perforations to receive perforated leaves.

7. In a temporary binder, the combination of a relatively narrow supporting means having a plurality of openings or perforations ocated in alinement along the same, and leaf-receiving rings constructed toper- 130 mit the leaves to pass freely aroundthe same from side to side, normally located in parallelism one in each of said openings to extend crosswise of such supporting means to retain the leaves upon the supporting means with freedom to part the leaves to lie flat when such leaves are open. I 7

8. In a temporary binder,'the combination of'supportmg meanshaving a plurality of openings or perforations located in alinement along the same, and interchangeable leaf-receiving rings constructed to permitthe leaves to ass freel around the same from side to si e, norma y located in parallelism one in each of said openings to extend crosswise of such supporting means'to retain the leaves upon the supporting means with freedom to partthe leaves to lie fiat when such leaves are open.

9. In a temporary binder, the combination of supporting means having a plurality of openings or perforations located in alinement along the same, and detachable, inter-' changeable and movable leaf-receiving rings constructed to permit the leaves to pass freely around the same from side to side, normally located in parallelism one in each of said openings to extend crosswise of such supporting means to retain the leaves upon the supporting means with freedom to part theleaves to lie flat when such leaves are open.

'10. In a temporary binder, the combination with the back of a pair of book-covers, said back having perforations or openings located in alinement longitudinally thereof, of readily detachable leaf-receiving rings located one in each of said 'openings to eX-.

tend crosswise. of such back 'to retainv the leaves upon the back with freedom to part the leaves to lie flat when such leaves are open.

. 11. In a temporary binder, the combination with su porting means provided Witha longitudinally extending strip, of a plurality of leaf-receiving rings detachably and interchan eably secured to such strip normally in para elism to extend crosswise thereof to retain the leaves upon the supporting means with freedom to part the leaves to lie fiat when such leaves are 0 en.

1 12. In a tem orary inder, the combination with a fleXi le back provided with a Ion-- covers, said back having perforations or openings located in alinement longitudinally thereof, of detachable and interchangeable leaf receiving rings located one in each of said openings crosswise of such back to retain the leaves-upon the back with freedom to part the. leaves to lie flat when such leaves are open.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

LUCENA M. MORDEN.

Witnesses:

EMIL G. LAVIGNE, CLARA DODGE. 

